05 July 2008

Copper pipe + a rubber hose = magic

My sister Kay told us years ago that stuffing a piece of rubber garden hose inside a piece of copper pipe would produce colored flames when tossed in a campfire--cool, huh?



8 comments:

Margie said...

WOW! How beautiful is that?! We have fires all the time at our house, I'll have to ask Scott to try that!! (he loves to burn things anyway, lol) btw...beautiful pics as always! :)

thechickenwithherheadcutoff said...

I'll bet Scott likes to blow stuff up, too, huh? Guys are like that . . .

You are always an encouragement to me!

Anonymous said...

I forgot all about that! Bobbi McGeary taught me that. Beautiful pic!!!

thechickenwithherheadcutoff said...

That's right! I had forgotten who taught you that.

Mike Greiner said...

Well, I guess I'll be burning my water hose.

Just don't let Al Gore catch you! You'll be in Carbon Footprint jail!

thechickenwithherheadcutoff said...

Did you know that Al Gore's carbon footprint is MORE THAN 20 TIMES the national average? A Feb 07 article by ABC news said that the Tenessee Center for Policy Research analized the Gore home utility bills. Gore needs to walk his talk. The article is here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/GlobalWarming/story?id=2906888

Mike Greiner said...

Silly Christian. Don't you understand? Royalty doesn't have to live by the laws they enact for the good of the common people!

thechickenwithherheadcutoff said...

Sigh. I'll never get it. :)